Nick Xenophon, the master of the stunt, is about to indulge in one more before he leaves the Senate for a run at ruling the South Australian roost from its crossbench. After his shock announcement that…

Nick Xenophon will resign from the Senate to pursue a career in South Australian politics.
AAP/David MariuzOctober 6, 2017

The defection of former Liberal leader Martin Hamilton-Smith from his party to join the South Australian Labor government as a cabinet minister has caused outrage among his former colleagues. He has broken…

After over a decade in office, it appears time’s up for the Jay Weatherill-led Labor state government in South Australia.
AAP/Alan PorrittMarch 5, 2014

South Australian voters look set to hand power to the Liberal Party when they go to the polls on March 15. An assessment of the electorate’s mood and opinion polls over the past 12 months point to a comfortable…

It would be tempting to think of Tuesday’s battle for the South Australian Liberal Party leadership between incumbent Isobel Redmond and Martin Hamilton-Smith as yet another chapter in a long story of…

BHP has blamed capital costs and market conditions for its decision to delay expansion of the Olympic Dam project.
AAP Image/BHPAugust 23, 2012

The prospect of a four kilometre long and one kilometre deep open pit mine captures the imagination. Think about a chasm as deep as Mount Everest is high. It was going to take years to remove the overburden…